Promotional image for RCA's COSMAC VIP home computer and video game system, 1977

Innovations that Changed the World: An Introduction to the David Sarnoff Collection, currently on view

Professor Mark Thompson and students in an Interactive Exhibit Design class in the Sarnoff Study Center

Wireless Telegraph Key Operated by Sarnoff During the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

David Sarnoff, Albert Einstein, and others at the RCA Wireless Station in New Brunswick, 1921

The First Color Television Picture Tube (Shadow Mask CRT), c. 1949

David Sarnoff Announcing the Beginning of Television Broadcasting at the 1939 New York World’s Fair

RCA’s black-and-white television assembly line in Camden, NJ

About the Sarnoff Collection

The Sarnoff Collection is named in honor of David Sarnoff, longtime chairman of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and internationally renowned pioneer in radio and television. The Collection comprises over 6,000 artifacts that document major developments in communication and electronics in the 20th century.

The Sarnoff Collection will be open for TCNJ’s commencement Thursday, May 17 from 10:00am-2:00pm, and Friday, May 18, from 10:00am-2:00pm. We will be closed on Sunday, May 19 for the TCNJ semester break. Regular summer hours resume Wednesday, May 23. Continue Reading

It’s All Morse To Me will trace the history of wired to wireless telegraphy, and be accompanied by a Morse code workshop where visitors will practice their sending skills on a refurbished 1940s telegraph key. Continue Reading

The Sarnoff Collection and the Interactive Multimedia Department presents Pioneering Play: Women in Game Development & Design. Join us at the Sarnoff for a panel discussion with three women from the history of computer games. Continue Reading